Public Health England have published their latest Child Health Profile for Wirral, providing a snapshot of child health in the area.
The profile is designed to help the local authority and health services improve the health and wellbeing of children and tackle health inequalities.
The key findings include:
- Children and young people under the age of 20 years make up 23.3% of the population of Wirral.
- 7.0% of school children are from a minority ethnic group.
- Infant and child mortality rates are similar to the England average.
- The level of child poverty is worse than the England average with 23.4% of children aged under 16 years living in poverty.
- Children in Wirral have average levels of obesity: 9.2% of children aged 4-5 years and 19.6% of children aged 10-11 years are classified as obese.
- The hospital admission rate for alcohol specific conditions is worse than the England average.
- The hospital admission rate for substance misuse is worse than the England average.
- A higher than average proportion of children are judged to have achieved a good level of development at the end of the foundation stage, with 62.8% achieving this milestone.
To read the profile in full, please click here.
